Spoon-clip.



W. J. COPP.

SPOON CLIP.

APPLICATION FILED 1AII.24, 1911.

1,323,838. Patented Dec. 2, 1919.

WAYLAND J. COPP, 0F CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

SPOON-CLIP.

Specification of Letters Patent.

' Patented Dec. 2, 1919.

Application led January 24, 1917. Serial No. 144,214.

To all whom t may concern Be it known that I, WAYLAND J. COPP, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Spoon- Clips, of which the following is a specification. This invention relates to one piece metal clip to be attached to a table utensil such as a spoon or the like, to keep the handle from sliding into a dish, in which the spoon is placed, such instances'. being of frequent occurrence when dishes are passed around the table and being very annoying.

In the drawings Figure '1 is a perspective view of the invention shown as applied to a spoon in use.

Fig. 2 is a perspectiveview of the clip.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view showing the method of manufacturing the clip.

Fig.,4 is a transverse vertical cross section through the clip.

The clip of my invention is made from a flat blank of the shape shown in full lines in Fig. 3, andV comprising a broad portion l, having extensions 2 and 3 thereon. The blank should consist of metalof substantial thickness such as steel, which may be silver plated, or may be made of silver Vif desired,

sufficient thiclmess being left at the base of f the projection 2 to afford the necessary stiffness and resiliency in action. 'Ihe part 2 is bent over as indicated in Fig.k 2and the projection 3 bent downwardly, after which the corners may be bent up as indicated at 4. The completed device will then be ready to be slipped sidewise over a spoon. It will, on account of its resiliency and stiness, firmly clamp the spoon and kprevent the same from falling into a dish or thelike.

It is particularly to be noted that the clamp may be placed in any position on the spoon, the projection 3 working just as well from one side as from the other.

Though this description refers to the device described primarily in connection with spoons, it will of course be understood that it is also adaptedfor use with other table silver. f

Having now described my invention, I claim:

An attachment for spoons, forks and the like comprising a clip formed from a single piece of flat L-shaped material and having a body portion, a resilient arm formed by bending one arm of said L-shaped portion back upon, approximately parallel with and sufficiently spaced from said body portion to form a slot of approximately the thickness of a spoon handle, whereby to form resilient jaws so that said clip may be quickly and securely attached to a spoon or the like by inserting the same between said parallel resilient arm and body portion, and an integral angularly extending projection on said body portion formed by bending downwardly the other arm of said L-shaped portion into a position to form a substantial projection to engage the edge of a dish and prevent the spoon to which said clip is secured from sliding down into the contents of the dish.

In witness whereof, I hereunto subscribe my name to this specification in the presenceof two witnesses.

WAYLAND J. COPP.

Witnesses:

SEBASTIAN HINTON, C. I. SHERMAN.

Correction in Letters Patent No.1,323,838.

l It is hereby certified that in Letters Patent N o. 1,823,838, granted December 2, 1919, upon the application of Wayland J. Copp, of Chicago, Illinois, for an improvement in Spoon-Clips, an error appears in the printed specification requiring correction as follows: Line 67, claim, strike out the Word downwardly; and that the said Letters Patent should be read with this correction therein that the 'same may conform to the record of the case in the Patent Oce.

Signed and sealed this 13th day of January, A. D., 1920.

M. H. COULSTON,

Acting Commissioner of Patents.

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